School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.7641 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Afghanistan, 2003–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Afghanistan stood at 0.7641 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Afghanistan peaked at 0.7641 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.3991 GPIA, in 2004.
Afghanistan ranks 200th of 200 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.5324 GPIA | — |
| 2004 | 0.3991 GPIA | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5479 GPIA | +37.3% |
| 2006 | 0.5796 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 0.5709 GPIA | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5955 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 0.6214 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6417 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6771 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6858 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6716 GPIA | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 0.6718 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.6599 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.66 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.6571 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.6488 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.6533 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.7641 GPIA | +17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5495 GPIA | 0.3991 GPIA | 0.6214 GPIA | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.6627 GPIA | 0.6417 GPIA | 0.6858 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7641 GPIA | 0.7641 GPIA | 0.7641 GPIA | 1 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More education data for Afghanistan
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 3.43 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 5.67 % change on previous year (2018)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 163,167 (2023)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.2 % change on previous year (2019)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.27 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 5.94 % change on previous year (2018)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.16 million (2023)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 5.53 % change on previous year (2018)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 24,220 (2003)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 5.89 % change on previous year (1986)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Afghanistan?
- School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in Afghanistan was 0.7641 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7641 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3991 GPIA in 2004.
- How does Afghanistan rank for school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- Afghanistan ranks 200th out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release